[PATCH 3/3] powerpc: perf_event: Hide iseries_check_pending_irqs

Ingo Molnar mingo at elte.hu
Mon Oct 19 18:23:34 EST 2009


* Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org> wrote:

> If CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES isn't defined we end up with iseries_check_pending_irqs
> and do_work at the same address. perf ends up picking
> iseries_check_pending_irqs which creates confusing backtraces. Hide it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>

Just to confirm - these 3 symbol fixes are for the PowerPC tree, not for 
the perf events tree, right? There's nothing perf specific about the 
fixes - kgdb, systemtap and other debugging/instrumentation frameworks 
will benefit from more precise symbol generation too.

	Ingo


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